Cherish the Day – Close to My Heart November Stamp of the Month

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Happy Halloween and welcome to Close to My Heart’s November Stamp of the Month, Cherish the Day, Blog Hop.  Thank you for coming to my blog from Shannon’s Card’s from the Farm Blog.  I decided that this month’s set would be perfect to create a card set with.  I used the Elemental Paper pack and… [Read On]

Getting MacGyver-y: Trimming Cricut Art Philosophy Images using your Gypsy

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 It’s a quick post today.  I’m up to my eyeballs in prepping for a 5-card workshop for 30 people that is happening on Saturday. “But you’re supposed to be hosting a Crop that day with Loretta”, you say.  But I am.  I am creating kits for each of the 5 cards and then my customer… [Read On]

Holly Leaves Christmas Card

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Are you starting to think about Christmas?  I am.  With Halloween quickly approaching I feel like we are getting on the rollercoaster ride that lasts until Christmas.  Here’s a pretty simple card to create when using the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge from CTMH: I stamped the Holly Leaves using the A Holiday set from CTMH…. [Read On]

Join CTMH in October – It’s a really good time!!!

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Here we are  some of the members of the Lets Get Fancy Team (plus a couple of adopted members) at the Close to My Heart Convention at Disneyland last summer.  I can’t tell you how much fun I have with these girls.   The thing about being a CTMH Consultant is a REALLY GOOD TIME!!!  No… [Read On]

Chinese Take-Out Boxes are Easy to Create with Cricut Art Philosophy

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Pin It   Pin It I had a blast creating these boxes & tags with my Art Philosophy Cartridge from CTMH.  I made them as large as I could using the fit to page setting on the Cricut.  On the top box, before assembling, I randomed stamped the Kraft Cardstock using the December 25th Stamp… [Read On]

Creative Gift Wrap and a Thank You Card

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I’m feeling rather smug.  Over the weekend I actually created 2 things that I pinned on Pinterest: I love using kraft paper to wrap presents with. So when I saw this, I loved the idea: Source: francineclouden.typepad.com via Melissa on Pinterest   Here’s my take on it for the birthday party that Cate went to… [Read On]

Cricut Vinyl to Decorate Pumpkins

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Pin It   This weekend we celebrated my parent’s 70th Birthdays with a party at my brother’s house.  We decided to keep the decor simple and went with a traditional Autumn theme.  to create some special pumpkins, I used my Cricut and cut Vinyl.  This was my first foray into Vinyl and it was SO… [Read On]

Snowflake Ornaments using Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

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Since I created this 3-D Christmas Tree Card for the Holiday Magic Stamp of the Month Blog Hop, I’ve been thinking of other 3-D items I would create using the Art Philosophy Cartridge.  Then, I saw some snowflake ornaments and thought, ah-ha!  The Cartridge has at least 5 different snowflakes. They aren’t the easiest things… [Read On]

Bella the Vampire Bat Gift Bag

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Do you ever have an idea that takes all day to try to make happen and it just never really works?  Well, Bella the Vampire Bat was just that idea… I really felt like I could create a whole Halloween line of gift bags using shapes from the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge…and I probably could…. [Read On]

Cricut Art Philosophy Halloween Gift Bag

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I’ve seen these super treat bags around the internet, but I wanted to create it using just the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge from CTMH.  Click on the picture above for a tutorial on putting it together.  Here are the cutting measurements: Olive Cardstock 6.5″ Font Layer -Shift <Square 1> (pg. 22) 4″ <Square 4> (p…. [Read On]